After launching two years ago, the Immortal Thor title has come to a close. Check out the Marvel Rundown review. As previously announced, writer Al Ewing will be continuing his run on the character when the title relaunches next month with artist Pasqual Ferry. Marvel promised a major status quo shift for the character and sure enough, the publisher revealed details of how the God of Thunder is now the Mortal Thor with the book reflecting that title.
Here’s how the publisher described the new direction of the book:
The God of Thunder has been on a hero’s journey worthy of Asgardian legend, triumphing in thunderous battle against the Gods of Utgard. At the cusp of victory against these exiled Elder Gods, a dark prophecy was fulfilled—Thor was slain by Loki! To protect Asgard, the Rainbow Bridge was shattered, wiping Thor and all of Asgard from Midgard’s memory…
THE LEGEND BEGINS!
The Norse Myths tell of Gods who walked the Earth, doing great deeds for the mortals who believed in them. But Asgard isn’t real, and never was. The Gods never soared in our skies, never stood with our heroes, never fought for kindness or justice. It was all just a story. Nobody’s coming to help us. But somewhere in the city… a man is waking up. A man with a hammer. This is the story of Sigurd Jarlson, the MORTAL THOR!
As most Marvel fans are aware, Thor originally had a mortal host named Donald Blake. The character has come and gone over the years until finally around the time of the first Thor and Avengers films when Marvel put Donald Blake out to pasture more than likely to align with his MCU depiction.
Writer Al Ewing explained how the new Mortal Thor is the continuation of this story he began two years ago and the new civilian identity:
“Now that IMMORTAL THOR #25 is on the stands for you to read – and please do – we can be a little more open about the exact nature of the second act of the story,” Ewing explained. “This was an idea that sprang into being from the original pitch; I wanted to treat Thor as a God, and give him a truly mythological story… but as well as the son of Odin, he’s the son of Gaea. So we find ourselves in winter. Thor is dead, and Sigurd Jarlson walks the earth – without power, without fame, without memory. And yet the fate of Asgard and Midgard rests on this mortal man making the journey to return the magic of the Gods to the Earth. And to get there – to even learn the nature of the quest – he’s going to have to fight.”
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